Walking With Grandmpa [my father and grand-daughter]

"I like walking with granpa his steps are short like mine." (dedicated to my dad who passed 4/1/10)

Friday, December 23, 2011

PeeWee

Sad day at the farm, we lost Peewee (our black Angus cow) she was 16 years old the vet came out but there was not anything he could do, it was her age. I know when you have a farm you have births and deaths, but every death hurts, it always makes me wonder was there something I could have done that I didn't do, maybe more vitamins in her feed etc..? We took her down the hill and buried her. I know when having a farm there is birth and there is death. For me death is always hard to handle, each and every animal is cared for and I think they in their own way they care for us too. I enjoy their company and when they see me or hubby they run excited and are always happy to see us from the big animals to the small ones. There are very few things that I dislike with having a farm, but this is definitely one of them.

This was an older picture of Peewee, before the birth of her baby. She was always a loner a few days before giving birth and this picture was taken two days before having one of her calves.

Our Family

I live in a 140 year old farm house with lots of character, with hubby, my Mom (I am her caregiver) and my grand daughter that I have the most fun homeschooling! The last of my children grew up on me and moved out a few months ago. We have cows, chickens, ducks, rabbits and goats and of course they all have names :) We have 100 acres and are blessed with lots of wild life, a spring and creeks all around us. I grew up on this farm with a Mom and Dad that did "green"when green was not "in". In 2010 we came back to the farm and are trying to live as I was brought up, to live as simply as we can, respect the wild animals that also live here and to take care of the land for our future generations.